North Coast Brother Thelonious

Brewed by North Coast Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Fort Bragg, California USA

pours a dark cloudy brown, with little to no head. Aroma is of dark toasted grains, fermented fruit, and alcohol notes, maybe some tobacco or leather notes. Taste is of rich malted grains, fruit, and tartness. The beer is a little too carbonated, which disrupts the palate, and makes it hard to find the subtle flavors of the beer. Not the best BSA that I have had, reminds me more of a European Bock than a BSA.

Color: Murky brown Aroma: Rich, sweet coffee, fig, burnt dark malt, a little banana, slightly nutty Flavor: Coffee, sweet malt, baking spices (like pumpkin pie), banana. Finishes moderately sweet. Comment: Great mouth feel on the mid-palate and finish.

Bottle poured into a tulip glass produced a quickly dissipating tan head with a dark reddish-brown body. It smelled like white wine and my wife caught the aroma from across the room as I poured it. Deliciously sweet with little bitterness. I really liked this beer.

Not my thing, wife loved and rated it. Enjoy if this is your thing....to sweet for me.

12 OZ bottle . Slightly cloudy dark brown ale, with a huge tight,bubbles light brown head. Nice deep roasty,smoky,malty aromas with nice spice showing through..almost reminds me of a Belgian themed Scotch ale. Very malty ,slightly dry flavours, soke too, then dark fruits, spices,coriander,black pepper, demerara sugar, raw, unrefined. Thick,full delicious creamy mouthfeel to this beauty. A vertiable meal in a bottle here. Lovelly beer..I stick to my original view this is like a good Scotch Ale done with belgian yeasts. Very nice.

Cherry and ruby red appearance. Clear with a flat finger of head. Almost like a dark blush wine, but with carbonation and head. Deep. Formidable. Aroma is a superdark Belgian ale smell. Smoky, dark aroma. Sweet like a dark grape. Doesn’t have the pungent, fizzy smell I expected. Brown sugary rich. Outstanding. Malt is sweet but never ever cloying. Taste is incredibly dark. Sugary sweet, but balanced with deep roasted malt. Hint of coffee bitterness with brown ale sweetness. Punch of heavy alcohol, which is no surprise since it’s 9%. Even more punchy as it warms. Liqueur aftertaste. Feels fizzy and thick. Bubbly but subdued by smoothness. Would prefer a bit less bubbly, personally. It’s really strong and very rich. Sweet and yet also roasted, no mean feat. A Belgian Abbey to the core: good example of the style.

Pours light brown with a tan head. Smells of perfume, spice, dry malt, some floral hints, dark fruit, molasses. Tastes of dry malt, bananas, dark fruit, some sweet molasses, dry spicy finish.

Brown color with a smattering of bubbles at the surface of the beer. The first thing I smell is like chocolate and makes me think of Old Stock. The taste is fruity, like plums, with an almost barleywine flavor. This seems like Old Stock with Belgian yeast….This is a sipper for sure given the ABV. There is some noticeable phenolic flavor but is is not strong enough to detract from the flavor. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 10-22-2007 15:08:19